LIFFT INDIA AWARDS 2019 – WINNERS LIST
LIFFT INDIA FILMOTSAV-WORLD CINE FEST 2019
[literature, illusion, film frame tv & theatre India]
SHORT FILM AWARDS
1. BEST SOUND DESIGN FOR SHORT FILM
MIKES BILLIS & ALEXANDROS RAGOUSIS for HEIMLICH
2. BEST BACKGROUND SCORE FOR SHORT FILM
AMIR KARKHANE for DEPRESSED
3. BEST EDITING FOR SHORT FILM
LILI NADAL for WOLF ON THE LOOSE
4. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR SHORT FILM
MARTIN COUSIJN for PLATFORM 13
5. BEST SCREENPLAY FOR SHORT FILM
FRANCESCO GIANNATTASIO for SAILORS OF THE FOREST
6. BEST ACTOR IN A FORIEGN SHORT FILM
GILLES GRAVELEAU for JOSS &
7. BEST ACTOR IN A INDIAN SHORT FILM
CHITTARANJAN GIRI for BLACK LABEL (INDIAN)
8. BEST ACTORESS IN A FORIEGN SHORT FILM
SAORI GODA for MY DAUGHTER YOSHIKO (FOREIGN)
9. BEST ACTORESS IN A INDIAN SHORT FILM
BHUMIKA MEENA for CHUHEDAANI (INDIAN)
10. BEST DIRECTOR FOR SHORT FILM
CAMIEL ZWART for PLATFORM 13
11.BEST INDIAN SHORT FILM
LA LLORNA directed by H.J.LEONARD
12. BEST FOREIGN SHORT FILM
DEPRESSED directed by SAEED TIMAR
&
LOCATION directed by MOHAMMED SALIMIRAD
13. BEST LGBTQ+ SHORT FILM
THE MUSK DEER directed by RAJ JAIN
MICRO SHORT FILM AWARD
14. BEST MICRO SHORT FILM [under 5 minutes duration]
MUSEUM directed by PEDRAM HABIB PIRAN
STUDENT FILM AWARDS
15. BEST STUDENT FILM (INDIAN)
VITHA directed by AVINASH BHARDWAJ
16. BEST STUDENT FILM (FOREIGN)
HOMEWARD directed by LEAH WEI
DOCUMENTARY & GREEN FILM AWARDS
17. BEST GREEN FILM [documentary film on environment]
WE RISE UP
18. BEST DOCUMENTARY ON ADVENTURE SPORTS
ONCE UPON A SKY DIRECTED BY BARNALI RAY SHUKLA
19. BEST DOCUMENTARY ON MUSIC
ROCKUMENTARY DIRECTED BY ABHIMANYU KUKREJA
20. BEST DOCUMENTARY ON CINEMA
THE SOUND MAN DIRECTED BY SUBHASH SAHOO
21. BEST MUSIC VIDEO
THE MOURNING MANTRA DIRECTED BY BAEILOU
SCREENPLAY SCRIPT AWARDS [unfilmed]
22. BEST SHORT FILM SCRIPT [unfilmed]
FREEDOM OF CHOICE WRITTEN BY KIMBERLY JADE
23. BEST FEATURE FILM SCRIPT [unfilmed]
EVERY LIFE WRITTEN BY HUNTER LIGUORE
LIFFT INDIA HONOUR 2019
24. LIFFT INDIA HONOUR FOR THEATRE
RITUPARNO BISWAS
FEATURE FILM AWARDS
25. BEST LGBTQ+ FEATURE FILM
EK AASHA DIRECTED BY MAYUR KATARIA
26. BEST FILM ADAPTATION OF A PLAY
WHITE FISH SEASON DIRECTED BY GHORBAN NAJAFI
The film is based on Anton Chekhov’s play Cherry Orchard.
27. BEST CHILDREN’S FILM
BULTIR RESULT DIRECTED BY PINAKI SARKAR
&
APPU IN SEARCH OF TRUTH DIRECTED BY SOHAN LAL
28. AUDIENCE’S CHOICE AWARD FOR DAUGHTERS OF THE WINTER
29. SAMEER CHANDA AWARD FOR BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
TAANASHAH
30. RENU SALUJA AWARD FOR BEST EDITING
PHILIPPE RAVOET FOR SAWAH
31. V.K.MURTHY AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
NIKOS WELTER FOR SAWAH
32. KHEMCHAND PRAKASH AWARD FOR BEST MUSIC
ISMAIL AAZAD MALIYA FOR DESIBANDS
33. MANGESH DESAI AWARD FOR BEST SOUND DESIGN
ANGELO DOS SANTOS FOR SAWAH
34. BEST BACKGROUND SCORE
GEORGE JOSEPH FOR PATNAGARH
35. BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
RACHANA NARAYANANKUTTY FOR NITHYA SUMANGLI
36. BEST SCREENPLAY
KUNWAR SHAKTI SINGH & RAHAT KAZMI FOR 2 BAND RADIO
37. BEST ENSAMBLE CAST
PORTUGAL IS NOT FOR SALE
38. BEST CHILD ACTOR MALE
ARYAN VINOD MENGHII FOR BABA
39. BEST CHILD ACTOR FEMALE
ROSHINI WALIA FOR I AM BANNI DAUGHTER OF KUTCH
40. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
JEETENDRA SHASTRI FOR TAANASHAH
41. BEST SUPPORTING ACTORESS
NEELU DOGRA FOR 2 BAND RADIO
42. BEST DEBUT ACTOR
DILIP ARYA FOR TAANASHAH
43. OM PURI AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR
DEEPAK DOBRIYAL FOR BABA
44. BEST ACTORESS
MITA VASHISHTH FOR KASAAI
&
TIHANA LOZOVIC FOR ALEKSI
45. BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR
RITAM SRIVASTAV FOR TAANASHAH
46. BEST DIRECTOR
RAJ R GUPTA FOR BABA
47. ISMAIL MERCHANT AWARD FOR PRODUCER
SRIDHAR MARTHA, SUNITHA KRISHNAN, MANOJ MISHRA & ATUL KULKARNI FOR PATNAGARH
48. BEST FEATURE FILM
BABA DIRECTED BY RAJ R GUPTA
49. JURY AWARD FOR SHORT FILM
BAITULLAH DIRECTED BY JITENDRA RAI
50. JURY AWARD FOR FEATURE FILM
INAAMUL HAQ for Nakkash
& MAGANTI VENU BENERJEE for Raktham
51. LIFFT INDIA LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
MR. VIKAS SHARMA FOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIELD OF EDITING IN TELEVISION